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Post by dandayr on Sept 18, 2022 16:50:05 GMT
Are we still wearing Rocks gear? At the Scottish invitational last weekend - they weren't even wearing what looked like a recent Rocks kit as regulars like Bunyan didnot have name their name on the back. Front of kit had a sponsor logo ECS and looking at the kits from the CHeshire game today same logo on front and back has Compliance. but yes still at this time the men are wearing Rocks gear. |
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Post by lexumcomp on Sept 19, 2022 10:50:58 GMT
I remember back in 1998 seeing the Edinburgh Rocks for the first ever time at Crystal Palace Vs Towers.
Sad to see one of the last remaining teams from that era go through another needless rubbish name change.
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Post by tony on Sept 20, 2022 13:03:00 GMT
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Post by dandayr on Sept 20, 2022 16:20:21 GMT
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Post by ScottishBasketballFan on Sept 20, 2022 20:26:16 GMT
I had to laugh at that bit about trying to make our League the 2nd biggest behind the NBA.
IT. AIN'T. GONNAE. HAPPEN!!!
There is zero chance, someone needs to bring them back to reality. Basketball is very much a minority sport here and it'll remain that way during our lifetimes.
EDIT - Just saw Great Britain's Baseball team qualify for the World Baseball Classic
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Post by dexter on Sept 20, 2022 21:51:45 GMT
I had to laugh at that bit about trying to make our League the 2nd biggest behind the NBA. IT. AIN'T. GONNAE. HAPPEN!!! There is zero chance, someone needs to bring them back to reality. Basketball is very much a minority sport here and it'll remain that way during our lifetimes. EDIT - Just saw Great Britain's Baseball team qualify for the World Baseball Classic And for basketball to be the second biggest sport in Scotland. Basketball is not going to be bigger than rugby. I don't know what a realistic ambition would be, or how it would be measured. These statements seem ridiculous to me. As for GB baseball team, that's amazing. I don't follow baseball but I know the World Baseball Classic is in effect the World Cup of international baseball. |
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Post by dandayr on Sept 20, 2022 22:44:14 GMT
I had to laugh at that bit about trying to make our League the 2nd biggest behind the NBA. IT. AIN'T. GONNAE. HAPPEN!!! There is zero chance, someone needs to bring them back to reality. Basketball is very much a minority sport here and it'll remain that way during our lifetimes. EDIT - Just saw Great Britain's Baseball team qualify for the World Baseball Classic And for basketball to be the second biggest sport in Scotland. Basketball is not going to be bigger than rugby. I don't know what a realistic ambition would be, or how it would be measured. These statements seem ridiculous to me. As for GB baseball team, that's amazing. I don't follow baseball but I know the World Baseball Classic is in effect the World Cup of international baseball. Yes I did wonder what measure was being used on the second biggest sport in Scotland - if its registered members, then just got to quadruple the basketball membership (depending on which number you take for the respective sports registered members) to get close to Rugby. |
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Post by erj14 on Sept 21, 2022 0:52:01 GMT
So are the new owners rich or not? It doesn't seem to mention anything about how rich they are in that article. |
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Post by D44 on Sept 21, 2022 1:25:13 GMT
So are the new owners rich or not? It doesn't seem to mention anything about how rich they are in that article. He was the co-founder of Smart Metering Services and reportedly sold his share of the business for £55m in 2013. How much of it he wants to spaff on a fanciful basketball project only he knows. I suppose there's only so many Ferraris and solid gold toilets one person can buy so he may as well spend it on something. |
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Post by lexumcomp on Sept 21, 2022 8:05:43 GMT
Press release seems a bit pie in the sky. I hope the new owners are sensible, realistic and don't disappear after two years when their dreams of the BBL becoming the new ACB become obviously unattainable, leaving the Rocks as an ancient history..
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Post by spacejammer on Sept 21, 2022 8:36:04 GMT
I had to laugh at that bit about trying to make our League the 2nd biggest behind the NBA. IT. AIN'T. GONNAE. HAPPEN!!! There is zero chance, someone needs to bring them back to reality. Basketball is very much a minority sport here and it'll remain that way during our lifetimes. EDIT - Just saw Great Britain's Baseball team qualify for the World Baseball Classic To be honest theirs especially since 777 came along I noticed a lot of new owners and BBL pioneers tend to come out being over ambitious. When I heard the guy on the the BBL show who wanted to make a new Birmingham franchise say he wanted a NIA arena like venue I was thinking woah steay on and wondering if he realises 3 previous franchises in Birmingham were born and crumbled. Whilst it does sound good to dream and have a goals to aspire to as I do believe the BBL has a lot of room to improve and develop. I agree with you in the sense of it would take a couple of decades atleast before the BBL becomes anywhere near being the 2nd best league outside the NBA. If anything the league needs more growth and more teams for starters as well as more stability for all current franchises. |
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Post by LTfan on Sept 21, 2022 11:49:43 GMT
I had to laugh at that bit about trying to make our League the 2nd biggest behind the NBA. IT. AIN'T. GONNAE. HAPPEN!!! There is zero chance, someone needs to bring them back to reality. Basketball is very much a minority sport here and it'll remain that way during our lifetimes. EDIT - Just saw Great Britain's Baseball team qualify for the World Baseball Classic To be fair it's 777 Partners promoting this "2nd biggest league in the world behind the NBA" ambition. They're also promoting "the biggest league in the world 'digitally'" ambition. There's nothing wrong with being ambitious, even overly ambitious, but remember to stay grounded in reality too. |
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Post by dandayr on Sept 21, 2022 12:22:23 GMT
So are the new owners rich or not? It doesn't seem to mention anything about how rich they are in that article. He was the co-founder of Smart Metering Services and reportedly sold his share of the business for £55m in 2013. How much of it he wants to spaff on a fanciful basketball project only he knows. I suppose there's only so many Ferraris and solid gold toilets one person can buy so he may as well spend it on something. he did not pocket the money from the sale and retire - he and his wife have a number of other business interests (including a hotel where based on room rates if you can afford to stay you are rich). so while clear in the articles this is not purely a business transaction having the WBBL franchise and now the BBL one as well, fair to also assume this is not a retirement fancy fling and will like their other interests be run as a business with aims and goals and that surely has to be good for the sport. anyway back to erj14 question - I guess it depends on your definition of rich. I'd say so - anyone with multi-million pounds behind them as well as a number of businesses sounds rich to me. |
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Post by spacejammer on Sept 21, 2022 15:23:34 GMT
I had to laugh at that bit about trying to make our League the 2nd biggest behind the NBA. IT. AIN'T. GONNAE. HAPPEN!!! There is zero chance, someone needs to bring them back to reality. Basketball is very much a minority sport here and it'll remain that way during our lifetimes. EDIT - Just saw Great Britain's Baseball team qualify for the World Baseball Classic To be fair it's 777 Partners promoting this "2nd biggest league in the world behind the NBA" ambition. They're also promoting "the biggest league in the world 'digitally'" ambition. There's nothing wrong with being ambitious, even overly ambitious, but remember to stay grounded in reality too. The ambition is good so long as it does not end up driving a franchise to extinction. During my time following the BBL I have watched the following franchises fall and some even rise and fall. -Durham Wildcats -Mersey Tigers -Leeds Force -London City Royals -Birmingham Knights -Worcester Wolves I'm not sure if it would count as they sort of do exist in another form but I also Plymouth Raiders, Cheshire Jets and Guildford Heat. However alot of these franchise fell through for different reasons. Either they were to ambitious like Birmingham and Royals with the expectation of build it and they will come. Financially over spent like the Tigers. or had the money plug pulled on them like the Wolves as they werent ambitious enough to break away from the universities like other franchises. Sort of shows how ambition can be both a genius or a death sentence for a team. However in recent times one team that has come on well is Bristol who I have seen birthed into the BBL and seem to be on track for a new arena. That is a team path I would love to see new franchises follow when taking their first steps in the BBL. Amazing had all those teams survived the BBL would equal the size of an NBA conference at 16 teams which would be the dream. |
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Post by ScottishBasketballFan on Sept 22, 2022 13:19:13 GMT
Just watched a bit of the interview with our new owner, there was a bit where he talked about the name of the new arena.
It got me thinking, why not name it after a player?
I could think of no one better than the only Scot to play in the NBA, the late Robert Archibald.
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Post by bigdunk on Sept 23, 2022 6:36:22 GMT
I think the whole name thing centres on the new owners obsession with wanting the new arena to be called the colosseum
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Post by ScottishBasketballFan on Sept 27, 2022 16:34:36 GMT
If this is the new jersey then it looks woeful
I for one will just watch the sport as a neutral
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